Archive for November 2015

Taking care of a young girl is tough. But figuring out how to style her hair in a fashionable way adds another challenging layer to the mix. Move over hair clips, here comes a three strand braid. A single father in Florida is teaching other dads how to style their daughters’ hair in his unique…

Move over pots and pans for wedding gifts. New trend in raising money for IVF treatment through crowd-funding and wedding registries. Click here and read more about this new trend in gifting…the gift of life.

Egg Donors Challenge Pay Rates, Saying They Shortchange Women. A federal class-action suit questions compensation guidelines in a largely unregulated industry and seeks to increase donors’ negotiating power. The class action challenged whether it is fair to cap compensation to egg donors at $10,000. “The guidelines do not have the force of law, though they…

Why unmarried couples should consider consulting with a Florida reproductive lawyer prior to engaging in IVF (with or without a surrogate). Pursuant to Florida law (Section 742.11), a child born within wedlock and conceived by IVF or insemination and/or donor egg/embryos is irrebuttably presumed to be the child of the husband and wife, provided the…

Anyone going through infertility has their own “adventure”. What is yours? Entertaining and informative article in the WSJ on fertility treatments and a personal tale of a journey with infertility. Writer compares the difficulty of getting pregnant to ‘ at least 10 times harder than finding a healthy salad at the airport. (That airport Cobb…

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